Annual report on the work of the Ministry of Public Health / Egypt.

  • Egypt. Wizārat al-Ṣiḥḥah al-ʻUmūmīyah
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[1923]
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Credit: Annual report on the work of the Ministry of Public Health / Egypt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    {(]) The Ophthalmic Section. Since 1920, the amount of work increased progressively to an enormous extent. The following table demonstrates tlie numbers that attended during the past 4 years and the numbers of operations performed. Year. Ticket issued. Attendances. Operations. 1920 3,026 21,376 1,323 1921 5,720 43,757 2,471 1922 6,432 53,378 2,633 1923 8,906 60,039 2.829 (/?) The Lock Hospital for Egyptian Prostitutes. The Egyptian prostitutes used to be admitted to the General Hospital in the year 1907, and their numbers used to form a big portion of the small total number of admissions at that time. Such an arrangement was certainly very bad, and it was managed in year 1909 to furnish accommodation for them in a separate place away from the general hospital. This was the old Cairo prison, known as The Souri. They were kept and treated there till 1915, when their numbers, due to the war, could not be taken in such a small place. They were then moved to the ex-Austro-Hungarian Hospital at Moharrem Bey, a much better place than the preceding but that hospital had to be evacuated on December 1, 1922 and the women were moved to the present Gabbari hospital, an old prison of the mixed courts. This cannot be a permanent place for a Lock Hospital, as, in the first place, the building is a very old one, and second, it is sited in a spot unfit for the purpose. 1,143 cases received treatment at the Lock Hospital at Gabbari during the year 1923, which is over 200 cases more thant the number received during the preceding year. The admissions during 1922 were only 918, as compared with 914 during 1921 and 1,057 the year before. With the addition of 132 cases remaining at the end of the year, we get a total of 1,275. The following list shows the nature of those cases and the result attained. fi) Cases treated at the Gabbari Lack Hospital for Egyptian Prostitutes. D SEASES. Cured. Transferred to General Hospital. Total. Syphilis. 272 272 Gonorrhoea . 566 — 566 Soft sores . 154 — 154 Skin diseases. 11 — 11 Relatives accompanying patients . 20 — 20 Under observation (found non-contagious) ... 101 19 120 Total . 1,124 19 1,143 Summary. Cases existing at beginning of 1923 44 Cases admitted during the year . 1,231 Cases discharged during the year . 1,143 Cases remaining at end of 1923 . 132